The largely unprecedented meeting commenced in the Swiss village of Glion near Montreux, and an additional meeting has already been planned before the end of the year, according to an Arab diplomat who participated in the meeting.

Israeli officials reported that the envoys shared their national positions, but the Jewish state did not have any direct communication with the Iranian or Arab delegates. "That they were there, the Israelis and Iran, is the main thing," said an Arab diplomat.

The Israeli official further described the November 2nd meeting as a preparatory session ahead of a proposed Middle East conference on the issue.

Israel is widely considered and believed to be the only country in the Middle East to possess a nuclear arsenal, often condemned by Arab countries and Iran as threatening regional peace and security.

Iran has also come unde scrutiny, often from US and Israeli representatives, who frown upon the Persian state's nuclear program. Iran has often justified its activities as limited to uranium enrichment for civilian energy, not nuclear weapons fuel.

Reports on the meeting have not been clear as to who chaired the meeting. US representatives were also reported to be in attendance.